Following setup works for me in ubuntu (10.04,11.04) for a long time alias gtlg='git log' complete -o default -o nospace -F _git_log gtlg However, in debian (testing, wheezy), it doesn't work $ gtlg or<TAB> gtlg or-bash: [: 1: unary operator expected -bash: [: 1: unary operator expected $ git --version git version 1.7.10 Can anybody help? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html